Open AccessGender differences in hepatocellular cancer: disparities in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease/steatohepatitis and liver transplantation
Author(s) -
Eric M. Wu,
Linda L. Wong,
Brenda Y. Hernandez,
Junfang Ji,
Wei Jia,
Sandi A. Kwee,
Sumodh Kalathil
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
hepatoma research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2454-2520
pISSN - 2394-5079
DOI - 10.20517/2394-5079.2018.87
Subject(s) - medicine , steatohepatitis , hepatocellular carcinoma , fatty liver , liver transplantation , nonalcoholic fatty liver disease , milan criteria , cancer , liver cancer , liver disease , disease , cohort , hepatocellular cancer , gastroenterology , transplantation
Worldwide, hepatocellular cancer (HCC) is the fourth leading cause of cancer death and occurs 3 times more commonly in males than females. Current surveillance practices do not fully address gender differences in HCC.
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